simitournament announcement

	What:	18th Annual Simi Valley Tipoff Classic
	When:	Dec. 3-7, 2002
	Where:	Simi Valley HS & Camarillo HS
		(Championships at Simi)
	Who:	16 Ventura- SF Valley Area Teams

Thanks to Jack Pollon, who sent us the bracket for this year's tournament....The 18th Annual Simi Valley Tipoff Classic will get underway early next month when the CIF season officially begins, and for most teams participating it will mark the beginning of their seasons and the first games this year. This year's field is, like last year's pretty evenly balanced with no superstar teams, but some solid players participating. Taft from the LA City Section should be the top seed, and Simi has the other top spot at the other end of the bracket (they're hidden amongst Santa Paula, Monroe and El Camino, but the host Pioneers could sneak in if they can win their first two games. Without much more editorializing, here's the bracket for this year. We've left off a couple of the consolation/loser's bracket games on Thursday, December 5, but if you're interested you can let us know and we'll e-mail the complete bracket. Besides, it's those first round games, along with the championship on Saturday, December 7 at Simi Valley that everyone will really be interested in anyway....right?

Sat 12/7	Fri 12/6	Wed 12/4	Tues 12/3	Wed 12/4	Fri 12/6		Sat 12/7
Winner #21 Consolation Championship Game #29 @ SVHS 12:30 p.m. Winner #22	Winner #9 Game #21 @ Cam 6:30 p.m. Winner #10	Loser #1 Game #9 @ Cam 3:30 p.m. Loser #2	Taft Game #1 @ Cam 3:30 p.m. Valencia	Winner #1 Game #11 @ Cam 6:30 p.m. Winner #2	Winner #11 Game #23 @ SVHS 6:30 p.m. Winner #12		Winner #23 Championship Game #31@ SVHS 7:00 p.m. Winner #24
			Ventura Game#2 @ Cam 5:00 p.m. Newbury Park
		Loser #3 Game #10 @ Cam 5:00 p.m. Loser #4	LA Poly Game #3 @ Cam 6:30 p.m. Camarillo	Winner #3 Game #12 @ Cam 8:00 p.m. Winner #4
			Littlerock Game #4 @ Cam 8:00 p.m. Santa Clara
	Winner #13 Game #22 @ Cam 8:00 p.m. Winner #14	Loser #5 Game #13 @ SVHS 3:30 p.m. Loser #6	Moorpark Game #5 @ SVHS 3:30 p.m. Granada Hills	Winner #5 Game #15 @ SVHS 6:30 p.m. Winner #6	Winner #15 Game #24 @ SVHS 8:00 p.m. Winner #16
			Oak Park Game#6 @ SVHS 5:00 p.m. Royal
		Loser #7 Game #14 @ SVHS 5:00 p.m. Loser #8	Santa Paula Game #7 @ SVHS 6:30 pm Simi Valley	Winner #7 Game #16 @ SVHS 8:00 p.m. Winner #8
			Monroe Game #8 @ SVHS 8:00 pm. El Camino
Consolation/Loser's Bracket Games
Sat 12/1	Fri 11/30				Thurs 12/5	Sat 12/1
Loser #19 Game #27 @ SVHS 2:00 p.m. (7th Place) Loser #20	Loser #21 Game #26 @SVHS 5:00 p.m. (11th Place) Loser #22					Loser #23 Game #30 @ SVHS 5:00 p.m.(3rd Place) Loser #24
					Loser #11 Game #19 @ SVHS 6:30 p.m. Loser #12	Winner #19 Game #28 @ SVHS (5th Place) 3:30 p.m. Winner #20
					Loser #15 Game #20 @ SVHS 8:00 p.m. Loser #16